16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings because he had done good in Israel, both toward God and toward his house.
17 Now after the death of Jehoiada, the princes of Judah came and worshipped the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
18 And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers and served groves and idols, and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for their guilt.
19 Yet he sent prophets to them to bring them again unto the Lord, and they testified against them, but they would not give ear.
20 And the Spirit of God clothed himself in Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada, the priest, who being over the people, said unto them, Thus hath God said, Why do ye transgress the commandments of the Lord? Ye shall not prosper in this; for because ye have forsaken the Lord, he shall also forsake you.
21 And they conspired against him and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the Lord.
22 Thus Joash, the king, did not remember the mercy which Jehoiada, his father, had done to him but slew his son; who said when he died, The Lord look upon it and require it.